To save his Middle East legacy, Obama must recognize a Palestinian state now

Ibrahim Fraihat

Ibrahim Fraihat was a senior fellow at the Brookings Doha Center, and an affiliate scholar at Georgetown University. He is the author of the book "Unfinished Revolutions: Yemen, Libya, and Tunisia after the Arab Spring" (Yale University Press, 2016). His research focuses on conflict resolution and post-conflict reconstruction in the Arab world, with a particular emphasis on conflict management and mediation, transitions, national reconciliation, national dialogue, and institutional reform.